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Everybody's Talking At Me Lyrics

Artist: Harry Nilsson

Everybody's talking at me.I don't hear a word they're saying,Only the echoes of my mind.People stopping staring,I can't see their faces,Only the shadows of their eyes.

I'm going where the sun keeps shiningThru' the pouring rain,Going where the weather suits my clothes,Backing off of the North East wind,Sailing on summer breezeAnd skipping over the ocean like a stone.

I'm going where the sun keeps shiningThru' the pouring rain,Going where the weather suits my clothes,Backing off of the North East wind,Sailing on summer breezeAnd skipping over the ocean like a stone

by Tina.B on 8/30/2008 5:29amThis is a lush song. The Beautiful South did a cover version which done H Nielson credit . . .

by Jose Andres on 9/2/2008 12:08pmHehehe,, What a funny song andit´s about, no things no person cantight this man up. I love his freedom.

by fleurette on 11/15/2008 2:36pmthis song always makes me smile no matter what's happening in my life. I wish ppl would make more songs like this one.

by Roger Allison on 11/18/2008 3:01pmDidn't Brian Wilson write this song and Stephen Stills originally sing it?

by dodger smith on 12/23/2008 1:13amit is a beautiful song but poor the cowboys, its extingt

by Craig on 1/16/2009 7:53amNilsson didn't write this. He covered it

by j. rodriguez on 1/25/2009 9:33pmactually, it was originally written and recorded by folk singer fred neil. the version that most people are familiar with is this, the harry nilsson version. however, people frequently confuse his voice with stephen stills, especially when he's singing ballads. if you like this version you should check out fred neil's. i can't remember if it's on his album "bleecker & macdougal" or the self titled one.

by mark on 2/10/2009 4:34pmgood good by Engelbert Hemperdinck.

by scott on 3/4/2009 7:34pmI thought this song ment that he is self conscious, everybodies talking at me, people stopping staring

by Steve on 3/20/2009 3:01amI think it means he's someplace where the weather isn't appealing to him. He's thinking about someplace warm and wet.

by Pedro on 4/6/2009 7:28amNo, this is about a guy wanting to go back to a warm and easy living place that made more sense once.

by Dee W on 4/13/2009 3:28amIt is a special song to me cuz it was the 1st song I heard the Easter night my beloved Grandma died. I always remember this song and sing it to myself every Easter. Maybe the place he is singing about is where we all would like to go when we die.

by GOHAR USMAN on 4/20/2009 2:08amBEAUTIFUL SONG...LIKE IT..

by Leo on 5/27/2009 11:17pmStephen Stills' is by far the most heart-wretching version ever.

by Andrew Freedman Palo Alto on 6/2/2009 12:21pmSongs take us back to times in our lives and this particular one just inspired me as I listened to it a few minutes ago.

by JoseR on 6/29/2009 9:44pmI love this song! I personally think he is talking about someone who is constantly stared at or talked about or maybe judged adversely by others but just don't pay no mind,he goes on living his life and 'goes where the weather (conditions)suits his clothes'. Certainly a song with a deep meaning.

by Arthur Covert Las Vegas on 7/6/2009 3:03pmPlease try to remember that this song was written by Fred Neil, a Greenwich Village folk singer/ sonwriter. It was covered by Harry Nillson and his version was used in the great movie Midnight Cowboy starring John Voight and Dustin Hoffman.

by ANDRE LUIZ CARDOSO SILVEIRA-BRAZIL on 7/16/2009 9:50pmTHIS SONG IS AN EPIC, AS IT TAKES ME TO GOOD OLD DAYS OF MY YOUTH.COINCIDENTALLY IT LIKE FORETOLD MY DREAM COME THRU AS I MOVED FROM S. PAULO (SE)- COLD IN ALL SENSES - TO MARANHÃO (NE), WHICH I ALWAYS DREAMED OF, WHERE THE WEATHER IS WARM AND NICE.

by Steve Albert on 7/27/2009 9:44pmSuch a beautiful song - impossible not to sing along to in the car - or anywhere.

The only word in the whole song that was not perfect was the way he sings "rain" (through teh pouring "rain") - a little too nasally.

by T.and then H. on 8/2/2009 12:39amonly harry nielson could do this song the justice it deserved. If you need more proof of his brilience check out "the point" a whole album of brilience, with oblio and arrow.---neilson at his best!!

by Fernando on 9/3/2009 7:09pmYes, this song gave an special meaning to "Midnight cowboy" but it's true that the version that Stephen Stills made (mixed with another song if I don't remember bad)in that acoustic record was wonderful (as so many other songs he wrote or sung)

by codza on 9/9/2009 3:57amthis song is good! i feel like it was written for me!

by David on 10/23/2009 8:33amAlways loved the song; since I was a kid. Always spoke to me about keeping true to yourself and ignoring the useless chatter around you...Do with that what you will.

by Teri on 11/22/2009 1:27pmI love this song too. I usually think about it when I need to get away from everybody for awhile. I just wonder if the lyrics should be, "I'm banking off the the North East wind" instead of "I'm backing off".

by shinto on 12/12/2009 1:40pmeverybody's talkin ... was written by a folky named fred neil.

by Matt on 1/18/2010 7:51amGreat song for a new guitarist.Simple chord progression, easy melody. Everyone loves it.

by ciarra on 1/26/2010 1:52pmDreaming of a place where there is always hope inspite of all the pains... I'm going where the sun keeps shining through the pouring rain. Beautiful.

by Craiginni on 2/17/2010 7:22amIve always liked nilsson and this song which is in my repetoire, but he's 'bankin' off the northeast wind' not 'backing',

by mso on 4/18/2010 2:27pmI think everyone is getting it wrong, not everyone talking about me but at me. He needs to get away from it all, people, the stares go to the sunsets, oceans, rain etc, just away from all.

by beep on 4/21/2010 10:57pmduuuuurrrrrrrrrrr

by chiefman on 4/30/2010 12:20pmdidn't Freddy Neil write this song ?

by New on 5/4/2010 6:57amBanking of the NorthEast Wind

like sailing...........

by Rahul From india on 5/18/2010 1:30pmstory of big city

by Jon on 5/20/2010 3:51pmYes, Chiefman, Freddy Neil wrote this beautiful song and Harry Nillson also sang it superbly.

by Paul on 6/3/2010 2:29pmEpitomizes the quest for freedom, and it is "banking off the northeast wind' because, quite frankly, that's the way >I< sing it, so it must be correct...

by Alfio on 6/7/2010 10:58amIf you have seen the movie "Midnight Cowboy" you'll understand the lyrics. The main character's dream (Dustin Hoffman)is to move from New York to Florida to enjoy the warm weather. He is very ill with lung problems.

by MRJONXERO@AOL.COM on 6/11/2010 3:48pmFRED NEAL WROTE THIS SONG, NOT HARRY !

by bernadette on 7/11/2010 11:55pmthe lyrics mean all this, because it's poetry. Nothing but beauty to feel what you feel when you hear the beautiful lyrics.

by sid on 7/21/2010 10:51pmWill this website please credit Fred Neil for the song?

by Thomas Rathsack on 8/22/2010 1:50pmYes - exactly, Fred Neil wrote and song this song beuatifully

by Carlos from Lima, Peru on 10/22/2010 12:43amBeautiful song. Add the following to the end of the lyrics because is missing.

by Heyahaha on 11/5/2010 12:11pmGuys it's about a fucking guy DYING in Vietnam "everybodys talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying" when you begin to die you fade out not caring about anything as you edge near it, "I'm going were the sun keeps shining" refering to heaven, jeez look up the meaning of statements before you comment.

by Luca on 11/16/2010 6:36pmThe only beautiful song from this singer, I don't the rest of his songs wich are so bad.

by pat garrett on 11/17/2010 10:05amIts beautiful for different reasons for different people.its simple and elegant like all the best things.

by poeteer on 11/20/2010 6:24pmI love this song too - I particularly like the "ecoes of my mind "line - but I believe the song ends with a line "I don't wanna leave your love behind" at least in the Harry Nillson version - pleaswe correct me if i'm wrong

by poeteer on 11/24/2010 3:16amHeyahaha - Your interpretation may be correct - But people commenting here are giving their own feelings and interpretation - everyone is entitled to interpret songs as they like - your interpretation is important just as everyone else's is - I was told once that the Candyman song was about a drug dealer it was at that point in primary school that I decided to form my own opinions...

by mso on 12/5/2010 2:01pmFor "Beep", get a sense of humor, not good to be so serious and not get things.

by zoran on 1/2/2011 10:36amexelent

by gmoney on 1/25/2011 12:08pmi believe the song is about the movie midnight cowboy. ratsos trek to florida to die."backing off the noth east wind". I could be wrong and not sure if written for the soundtrack or it just matches up well

by ahmed on 1/26/2011 6:32amI love this song too. I usually think about it when I need to get away from everybody for awhile.

by Ljilja on 1/28/2011 9:44amPerfect song

by Fred'nHarry4ever!!! on 2/1/2011 8:02amI like both versions. Makes me feel cowboy !

by susan on 2/5/2011 9:20amsums up my schizophrenia honestly

by cacoco on 3/6/2011 1:08pmI´m reeding many people talking shit about this song, this was the theme of the film Midnight Cowboy. 70th´s years, and is a very sadness story, but beautiful. He went looking for his dream (going to Florida) and died arriving, but could see the sun shinning.

by Jeff on 3/20/2011 7:59pmThe beauty of the lyrics incorporates BOTH Midnight Cowboy characters--Joe Buck and Rico Rizzo. It's about Joe's lost naive and frustrated relationships with people and Rico's yearning to get to warmth and comfort. Their dual yearnings meet in mutual need to helping each other...in spite of the people 'stopping and starring'.

by Malinda on 3/25/2011 1:47pmJimmy Buffett does a version of the song as well. I just love Jimmy's version. This song suits his personality perfectly.

by ahmad on 4/3/2011 6:46amwaw

by Joie on 4/7/2011 4:38pmTerrific song---Love the Lyrics!!

by Ted Lee on 4/13/2011 8:20pmAt the great age of 53 years old, I still find this one of the anthem of America. It was the song that kept me going, as I 'rode my themb' up the east coast, from Key West to Fort Kent Maine, at the age of 17 years old.Will hold it in my heart forever!

by SaM on 5/1/2011 1:06pmthis song gives me wings luvly voice

by SaM on 5/1/2011 1:09pmthis song gives me wings luvly voice hey guys u knw it z also used in movie crank..jason statham

by Kellie on 5/4/2011 8:45pmBanking off a the northeast wind,

not "backing"

by arthur kille on 6/18/2011 5:03pmWell, I tell you what heyahaha, I'll take going while fucking any day, any where I can..........by Heyahaha on 11/5/2010 12:11pmGuys it's about a fucking guy DYING in Vietnam "everybodys talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying" when you begin to die you fade out not caring about anything as you edge near it, "I'm going were the sun keeps shining" refering to heaven, jeez look up the meaning of statements before you comment.

by makesomesense on 6/22/2011 6:21pmFred Neil wrote this and recorded it in one take. It's about his longing to get back home to Florida.

by miguel on 6/30/2011 1:10amwonderful song ... resonates everywhere ... saudaçoes do Rio de Janeiro Brasil!!

by peter on 8/12/2011 8:41amlove this song!

by Hill Billy on 8/25/2011 9:08amThe meaning of the lyrics is obviously: This guy is so stoned, can't understand what the people say to him but he is going where the sun is shining .....He is on smack!!!

by Julián on 11/18/2011 6:01pmWhat a great song!! i heard it by the first time on "My name is Earl" ahahahaha

by cacarina on 11/28/2011 8:50amyeah yeah you intelligents

by samuel on 12/31/2011 9:22pmthats song was played in futurama, in the episode what zap and kif lost they works!

by George on 1/16/2012 6:45pmJust drivin' around in Jon Voight's car...

by Steve-0 on 1/28/2012 10:44pmFind a copy from Tedeschi Trucks Band- its amazing to hear Susan singing with Derek ripping the slide

by d bolser on 3/9/2012 12:05pmI suppose there are many interpretations of the lyrics...but I think the tune puts most of us in a place of "feel good" and can relate to the song at many levels. Young, fun sorta livin' life care free and happy.

by Christine on 5/10/2012 7:49pmSteve-O, That Tedeschi version is what brought me to this site today. I heard part of it in my car and of course recognized the lyrics but, for me, the melody was so not there that I didn't recognize it. To each her own, huh?

by Diana on 5/15/2012 8:44pmFred Neil wrote the lyrics, not Nilsson. Great song but please give credit to the correct songwriter. Fred was a friend of mine.

by Alex Hamer on 5/21/2012 3:40pmI like this song in only fools and horses the jolly boys outing 1989 it is very funny

by Srini on 7/7/2012 8:29pmI can never ever forget this song.

I still remeber seeing young John Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy.

by That music guy on 7/19/2012 4:15pmI hope no one has tried to ruin this song by doing a crappy dubstep version of it. It's far to good to be mutilated and bastardized in such a crude way. :(

by Harry Chimpo on 9/14/2012 9:27amPre-Goole-Face Book-FISA Act. Now nobody can hide.

by Folkie on 12/21/2012 9:57amCheck out Fred Neil's Dolphins - it featured in a Sopranos episode The Ride

by mara-cucu2 on 1/22/2013 2:53pmi hate this!!! fuck you mom!

by dawn on 1/26/2013 12:23amexcellent song, Tedischi Trucks does a wonderful comeback!

by Bob on 2/5/2013 7:44pmThe song was first released on Neil's second album, 1966's self-titled Fred Neil. It was composed towards the end of the session, after Neil had become anxious to wrap the album so he could return to his home in Miami, Florida. Manager Herb Cohen promised that if Neil wrote and recorded a final track, he could go. "Everybody's Talkin'", recorded in one take, was the result.

Neil disappeared from the public scene a few years after writing this song, retiring in the Florida Keys and living off the millions he made in royalties over the years. Neil hated the music industry, and didn't think much of his most famous song.

Arguably, this song reflects Neil's distaste for the music industry and his longing to return to his home state of Florida.

by Fran on 4/4/2013 8:15amLove this song! Love Harry Nilsson....

by amanda mason 8/6/13 on 6/8/2013 9:12amthanks a lot as i thought i lost you ian ellingham but now i have got you back but have another one on the go well done hes archie

by jimigoo on 6/12/2013 11:15amIt should say, "Banking off of the northeast winds."

I think Neil is feeling isolated and in a city full of strangers, uncomfortable with his fame and longs to return home to the Keys where he feels comfortable in his own skin.

by marcel on 8/13/2013 1:43am... ends with this line: "I won't let you leave my love behind"Actually I find this song sounds a lot like "New York is not my home" by Jim Croce

by amanda mason 30/8/13 on 8/30/2013 9:50am as i have not been my self lately never mind but i love you very much as i always did ian ellingham i dont want to lose you

by amanda mason 30/9/13 on 9/30/2013 6:41am as i am going potty or else and nutty as well i thought i was and i am in love with my man who i like very much cant make my mind up neither

by charlottesville commentator on 12/22/2013 8:55amI saw a documentary on Harry Dean Stanton that came out this year, and he sang this song in the film. He expressed the opinion that the song was about a heroin addict. Anybody else ever heard that? It kind of makes sense when you listen to the words.

by Lizabeth on 1/19/2014 10:18amit is what I sing when I am lost and confused with life and want to go away from all the anxiety and people offering advice I do not want.

by RON on 1/19/2014 10:07pm This song,along with "I did it my way" keeps echoing thru my brain and i don't know why

by amanda mason 20/1/14 on 1/20/2014 10:54am thank you very much for another lovely song neilson the song meant that i am liking this song especially for that siily moment as when ian leftme.

by BRUCE on 3/4/2014 10:16pmI'm 65 years old and its still one of my favourites. To Bob - If what you are saying is true I can only agree with you, that the song is Fred Neils' way of getting the job finished and to get back where he wants to be

by bob on 3/23/2014 1:32pm It's Banking off of the North East wind" nit Backing off of,,," It is a sailing term.

by amanda mason 29 /5/14 on 5/29/2014 10:00am why would you go archie be cause that aother sucide bid is coming up i am annoyed about it again you stuid boy at least i have got steve rolph .